Ben is best known as the creator of Snakepit sine. Snakepit is a comic zine that features a three panel comic about each day of Ben's life. In interviews Ben has cited Jim's Journal' by Scott Dikkers, a comic that appeared in The Onion, as his inspiration. Some issues of Snakepit have appeared as a split with zines such as Clutch, Tight Pants, Amazing Adult fantasy and Gullible. Contributors to Snakepit have included Janelle Hessig of Tales Of Blarg. The zine is published quarterly. As well, Ben has released the zine in one-year anthologies. Snakepit was first published in book form by Gorky press in 2004. Simply called Snakepit, it featuring three years of Ben Snake Pit's comic life, with a foreword by Aaron Cometbus. A second book of Snakepit comics, My Life In A Jugular Vein, published by Young American Comics, appeared in 2007.